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A website account provides digital services; formal IOV membership is a separate institutional relationship. Compare the two routes before reviewing the membership categories and current application information.
IOV membership is open to organisations and individuals regardless of race, colour, creed, gender, sexual orientation, physical impairment, national or ethnic origin, or age.
Apply for IOV membershipThey are different records with different purposes.
Creating or paying for a website account does not make a person, group or organisation a formal IOV member. Formal membership is reviewed through the application route below.
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€20 per calendar year
Fee confirmed by IOV
Category register
Category names are shown as a working guide. IOV should confirm the final category before an application or payment is made.
Students and emerging researchers
Ask the membership team to confirm current eligibility, documentation and rates.
People working with or supporting folk art and cultural heritage
The standard route for a person applying in their own name.
A senior or honorary membership category
Eligibility is determined by IOV; contact the membership team before selecting this category.
Groups of up to eight members
A collective route for small ensembles and working groups.
Groups of more than eight members
A collective route for larger ensembles and associations.
Craft practitioners, workshops, cooperatives and associations
For applicants whose principal field is traditional craft or folk art.
Cultural and educational organisations
For organisations that present, collect, research or teach cultural practice.
Larger cultural institutions
The membership team can confirm whether this or another organisational category applies.
Application route
Keep the membership correspondence with your application. It should identify the responsible contact, category and current payment instructions.
Choose the closest category for a person, group, cultural organisation or institution. IOV confirms the final category.
Sign in with a verified email address, complete the account profile and review the application before sending it.
Keep the application reference and wait for written confirmation of the final category, any documents, fee and payment route.
What to confirm
Membership information can change. The online application starts the review; retain IOV's written confirmation of the current requirements.
Institutional clarification
This page does not represent IOV membership as conferring a UNESCO role, appointment or consultancy. Any external role requires separate confirmation by the responsible institution.
Network figures elsewhere on this website count countries in the currently published regional directory; they are not a claim about the total number of members or Associate Groups.
Use the separate enquiry route if you need help choosing a category or identifying the responsible national or regional contact. Do not send payment until current instructions have been confirmed in writing.
